{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Audius","provider_url":"https://audius.co","title":"Vernacademia S02 - 13 - Engendering Emotional Engagement by Vernacular Games • Audius","description":"In this cast we talk about the idea of creating emotional investment in game concepts and how to do so well and poorly.\n\n00:04 Introduction\n00:17 Spoilers\n00:33 Through the Lens of Loss \n00:53 Emotion and Thematic Dissonance\n01:27 Prince Rurik and Dissonant Emotional Investment\n02:58 Star Fox and Dissonant Emotional Investment\n04:23 Escort Quests and Mechanical Dissonance\n05:00 Dad of Boy and Good Escort Quests\n06:26 Producing Congruent Emotional Response\n06:44 Pre-Searing Ascalon's Congruent Emotional Response\n07:55 Final Fantasy 7 and Effective Loss\n09:14 Tales of Symphonia, Kratos and Zelos\n10:23 Tales of Symphonia, First and Second Act Characters\n11:15 Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn\n12:13 Recap and Investment Cash In\n13:00 Narvisaud Build Up to Mechanical Cash In\n14:06 Give the player a Functional Reason to care\n14:35 But Don't forget the Narvisaud Identity\n14:56 Wrap Up and Sign Off","html":"<iframe src=\"https://audius.co/embed/track/mVp89Z5?flavor=card\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"border: none;\"></iframe>","width":500,"height":480,"thumbnail_url":"https://audius-discovery-3.altego.net/content/01JQZGNCRW0YPQ2SH58R4VXE1B/480x480.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":480,"author_name":"Vernacular Games","author_url":"https://audius.co/VernacularGames","cache_age":3600}